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C. B. HART.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I0, I9I9.

, Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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DEFENSE C. B. HART.

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CLARENCE B. HART, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME.

Application filed March 10, 1919.

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Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. HART, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGames, of which the following is a specification.v

My invention is designed to afford an interesting, amusing andinstructive diversion, comprising a field board and card game founded onthe popular sport of foot ball as played under the rules observed inintercollegiate matches, and the like; which in some respects exceeds infascination the game as played in the open field because many of the nerpoints of play are rendered obvious that pass unnoticed or are obscuredin the actual struggle between teams; and also because I provide scopefor the exercise of knowledge, skill, and judgment on the part of theindividual players of my game.

The invention consists, essentially in a series of playing cards bearingthe names of the various plays incidental to a foot ball match asrecognized andl authorized by competent authorities, to be used inconjunction with a field board and accessories simulating the actualfoot ball field and conditions of play thereon, all as hereinafter morefullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l, is a plan of the field board, partly broken away at the lowerright hand corner;

Fig. 2, is a plan of a portion of the field board, illustrating the useof the downs tally; p

Fig. 3, is a section taken upon plane of line 3 3. Fig. 2, showing anedge elevation `of the downs tally;

Figs. 4 and 5, are views respectively of the backs of the offense cards;

Fig. 6, is a face view of one of the offense cards; i

Fig. 7, is a face view of one of the de- Fig. 8, is a face view of thescore card:

Fig. 9, is a detail view showing opposite sides of the position piecerepresenting the foot ball and used on the field board.

The game board A, is laid out approxi mately on scale as a reproductionof a foot ball field, and marked so as to be read from left to right byeach player of the miniature Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 281,718.

gaine, one player at each end of the board A. Thus, the field is dividedmedially of its length by a heavy line o, representing the center offield, and is so marked on either side thereof, lso as to be easily readand distinguished from either end of the board; while lighter transverselines d, represent the five yard spaces, which are successively numberedon the right hand margin m, as related to each player, from 50 or centerfield line in opposite directions down to the 5 yard distance line fromeach goal line. The 40 yard distance lines are also marked each with anoval labeled the Kick off and the margins m., m, are also marked todesignate preferred positions for cards to be drawn, discarded, andsorted into those for oensive plays and those for defensive plays, asclearly shown in Fig. l.

I, is a downs indicator, of a width 'equal to the space between threedistance lines d, d, d, on the game board A, as shown in Fig. 2,provided with pointer z", and index 2. This indicator I, is bifurcatedat its inner edge c', so as to straddlel the edge of the board A, asshown in Fig. 3. It can thus be moved along, or applied to the edge ofthe board A, adjacent to the space between the three distance lines d,d, d, in which the immediate play is involved, and is used to keep trackof the downs as related thereto.

A token piece b, representing the foot ball, is also used in connectionwith the board and game, the opposite sides of the same being ofdifferent color, or of differentmarking. to represent the two sides atplay. Thus in Fig. 9, the two fiat sides of the ball token b, arerepresented symbolically as, one of red, the other of blue-the tokenbeing rcversed as it changes sides during the game.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

A score card is shown in Fig. 8, suitable l for use in connection withthe game. al-

though this is not an essential feature, as

each bears-the technical name of a play or move on the board.

B v way of illustration, the preferred marking of my preferred pack of4l playing cards is as follows,z'. c., f

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2 marked Mass play touch doivn.

3 marked Rush center 5 yards.

2 marked Field goal.

1 marked. Kick 30 yards.

1 marked Kick 35 yards.

1 marked Kick 10 yards.

1 marked Kick 15 yards.

1 marked Kiek 50 yards.

1 marked F. Pass 15 yards.

1 marked F.l Pass 20 yards.

1 marked L E. Run 15 yards.

1 marked L. E. Run 5 yards.

`1 marked R E. Run 1() yards.

1 marked R E. Run 2O yards.

1 marked Rush L. Guard 10 yards.`` 1 marked Rush R. Guard 10 yards. 2marked' Line plunge 5 yards.

1 marked Rush center 5 yards.

1 marked Kick recovered 30 yards. 1 marked Gain R. Tackle 10 yards. lmarked Gain L. Tackle 10 yards. 1 marked Trick play yards.

1 marked Goal line run 70 yards. 1 marked Fake kick 25 yards.

1 marked Touchdown goal.

Defense Cards.

Speaking generally, and by way of exemplification, the game may beplayed as f'ollows. to wit:-

A coin is tossed to decide who `shall start the game. The 011e callingcorrectly has the choice of either kick off or deal. The side kickingoff places the ball on spot marked Kick off (which is on own-10 yardingline. 10 vards back from the center of the field) with the color ot thecollege he wishes to represent turned up. His opponent then thoroughlyshuflles all the cards` together and deals them out alternately, one atatime, until eleven cards have been dealt to each player. The remainderof the cards are then placed at the spot marked on the dealers left.Each player then picks up his cards and separates the offense from thedetense, placing them aee down at the sides marked-the offense on theleft, the defense on the right. The side kicking off (the offense) picksup his offense cards only and his opponent (the defense) picks up hisdef'ense cards only. The offense then makes the first play by selectinga kick card from his hand, the one which will gain the greatest numberof yards preferred, and lays it doivn face up at place marked Discardcalling out at the same time the, number of yards to be gained by play.He then immediately draws another card from the top of the dealing packand places it either with his offense or defense cards as the case maybe, thus replacing the card played,holding at all times eleven cards.The defense then selects a runback card from his hand, laying it face upon top of his opponents card at his side marked Discarch at the sametime turning the ball to his color, calling out the play to be made, andmoving the ball back toward the center of the field the distance calledto be gained. He then draws to fill vhis hand in the same manner as hisopponent-did. The defense is now on the offense, and it is his ball andfirst-down, the ball to be put in play by them -by scrimmage, the sidekicking off now being on the defense.

The game being now' under Way, all further play is determined by thecharacter of the cards held by the opposed players, and the skill withwhich they are selected for play a period of the game being! ended withthe Withdrawal of the last card from the pack; and the established rulesof foot ball being followed in so far as they are applicable to aminiature game of this character.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In combination, a' game board representing diagrammatically astandard foot -ball field with goals, centerfield, and distance linesshown and enumerated thereon, a duplex pack of playing cards onesetb'earing on the back of each the word Offense and on the face of eachthe name of a single regulation offense move or play, and the other setbearing on the back of each the Word Defense and the face of eachbearing the name of a single regulation defense move or play, and amovable downs-indicating member adapted to be positioned on the gameboard to locate the results as the cards are played.

2. In combination, a gaine board representing diagrammatically astandard f'oot ball field with the goals, eenterfield, and distancelines shown and venumerated thereon, a series ot offense player cardseach bearing the name of a` single regulation offense move or play, aseries of independent defense play cards each bearing the name of asingle regulation defense move or play. and a movable token piecerepresenting the foot ball and adapted to be positioned on the gainehoard to locate results as vthe cards are played, together with a downindicator adapted to straddle the edge of the game board, for thepurpose described.

3. in combination, a gaine board-repie senting diagrammatically afootball field with goals, ceuterfield, and distance lines shown andenumerated thereon, the enu ine-ration being duplicated in reverseddirection to facilitate reading from either end of the board, a pack ofplaying oaids each bearing the naine of a single regulation offense ordefense play only, and a. nim-'able token piece representing the football and adapted to be positioned on the gaine board to locate resultsas the cards are played, the opposite fiat sides. oli said token pieceteilig differentiated from each other in appearance, for the purposedescribed.

CLARENCE B. HART. lVitnesses GEO. WM. MIATT, DOROTHY Mmm'.

